Hole of the day

Mike Jones

Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, October 9, 2003

Angela Stanford, a Fort Worth Boswell High School state medalist and TCU All-American who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Sagniaw, got off to a strong start in the second group of the day with her birdie four on the hole.

Meg Mallon and Candie Kung did the same thing, with those two and Stanford tied atop the leaderboard at two-under before play was stopped and eventually wiped out.

Stanford had completed five holes, while Mallon has played through four. Kung, meanwhile, like Stanford, went on to birdie the second hole as well.

The hole was not so kind to defending champion Annika Sorenstam, who was set to begin her historical 18-hole journey that was to make her eligible for the Hall of Fame. Sorenstam could only watch, never taking a swing, with the tournament getting delayed at 11:55 a.m. due to inclement weather and unplayable conditions. As it turned out, the rains came harder throughout the early afternoon, forcing the end of play for Thursday.

Sorenstam said not getting to start her round at all won't have a bad effect heading into today's action.

"I think it will be easy to regroup because I haven't even hit a tee shot. I was one of the lucky ones. I didn't have to play in the rain or anything. So I'll be fine. Obviously I would have liked to finish this day off, with all the expectations I had and the mindset for today. But I guess I get to have two days that are special.